Friday, August 13, 2010

Barack Obama: President Of....The Travel Channel?

Or is the leader of the free world on, as Aerosmith put it, Permanent Vacation?Actually, I like Jim Geraghty's moniker for the relaxer-in-chief: President Carmen Hussein Sandiego :There they go again. For the fifth time since July, the first family has set plans to board Air Force One for a frilly vacation, a 10-day return trip to exclusive Martha’s Vineyard where they are expected to stay at the 28-acre oceanfront Blue Heron Farm that rents for up to $50,000 a week. But first the Obamas will be traveling to the Gulf Coast of Florida for a mini-vacation as a way to encourage other vacationing Americans to head to the beaches that have been shunned by tourists worried about oil-slicked sands due to the Gulf oil spill. They are expected to travel to Florida this weekend, return to Washington for a few days then it’s off to the Massachusetts island August 19....Here's what the elites don't get, as they have insulated themselves from the downturn:Everybody’s feeling anxiety. Everybody’s having a hard time figuring out how they get from where they are and where they want to be. Everybody’s worried about dreams postponed and perhaps withering entirely....So when they see the president take off yet again on another 5-star vacation, well...no wonder they feel like Washington is a reality show, where the stars are playing drama games with other people's money, and have no clue as to what reality really is...That's why we are clamoring for cancellationof this dismal production...